This document discusses how to defeat discouragement when facing opposition. It notes that Jesus, Paul, Timothy, and Titus all faced opposition for doing what was right. It then explains that the enemy will try to discourage both from the outside, through ridicule, betrayal, false fear, and deception, and from the inside through doubts. However, one can defeat discouragement by remembering the Lord and fighting for the righteous cause. The document uses Nehemiah's example of rebuilding the wall while facing ridicule and threats as an illustration of overcoming opposition through faith in God and perseverance.

2. CHANGE
YOUR
WORLD IN
52 DAYS

3. DEFEATING
DISCOURAGEMENT

4. TRUTH ABOUT
OPPOSITION

5. Whatever you do,
good or bad, there
will be opposition.

6. - FAMILY
- OFFICE
- SCHOOL
- CHURCH
- GOVERNMENT

7. WE DON’T FACE
OPPOSITION
BECAUSE WE’RE DOING
SOMETHING WRONG,
WE FACE IT BECAUSE
WE’RE DOING
SOMETHING RIGHT.

8. JESUS - LUKE 11:53
53 When Jesus left there,
the Pharisees and the
teachers of the law began
to oppose Him fiercely and
to besiege Him with
questions.

9. PAUL - 1 CORINTHIANS 16:9
9 … because a great door
for effective work has
opened to me, and there
are many who oppose me.

10. TIMOTHY - 2 TIMOTHY 3:8
8 Just as Jannes and Jambres
opposed Moses, so also these
men oppose the truth--men
of depraved minds, who, as
far as the faith is concerned,
are rejected.

11. TITUS - TITUS 2:7-8
7 In everything set them an
example by doing what is
good. In your teaching show
integrity, seriousness

12. TITUS - TITUS 2:7-8
8 and soundness of speech that
cannot be condemned, so that
those who oppose you may be
ashamed because they have
nothing bad to say about us.

13. Nehemiah: A Leader in Action
464-423 BC
Rebuilding
of the
Temple
Laid the
Foundation
(Ezra 3)
Reconstruct the
walls of the City
(Neh. 1-6)
Restoration of
Worship
Instruct the
people in the
Law of the Lord
Ezra 1-6 Esther
60 yrs.
Ezra 7-10 Nehemiah
30 yrs. later
Reinstruct the
people
(Neh.7-13)
Haggai &
Zechariah
16 years
later

14. YOUR ENEMY WILL
ATTEMPT TO:

15. DISCOURAGE YOU
FROM THE OUTSIDE

16. Sanballat -
Ridicule

17. NEHEMIAH 2:10
10 When Sanballat the
Horonite and Tobiah the
Ammonite official heard
about this, they were very
much disturbed that someone
had come to promote the
welfare of the Israelites.

18. NEHEMIAH 4:1-3
1 When Sanballat heard
that we were rebuilding
the wall, he became angry
and was greatly incensed.
He ridiculed the Jews,

19. NEHEMIAH 4:1-3
2 and in the presence of his
associates and the army of
Samaria, he said, "What are
those feeble Jews doing?
Will they restore their wall?
Will they offer sacrifices?

20. NEHEMIAH 4:1-3
Will they finish in a day?
Can they bring the stones
back to life from those
heaps of rubble — burned
as they are?"

21. NEHEMIAH 4:1-3
3 Tobiah the Ammonite, who
was at his side, said, “What
they are building—even a
fox climbing up on it would
break down their wall of
stones!”

22. Tobiah –
Betrayal

23. NEHEMIAH 6:12b, 17
6:12b Tobiah and Sanballat
had hired him.

24. NEHEMIAH 6:12b, 17
17 Also, in those days the
nobles of Judah were
sending many letters to
Tobiah, and replies from
Tobiah kept coming to
them.

25. Noadiah –
False Fear

26. NEHEMIAH 6:14b
14b...remember also the
prophetess Noadiah and the
rest of the prophets who
have been trying to
intimidate me.

27. Shemiah –
Destruction

28. NEHEMIAH 6:10
10 One day I went to the
house of Shemaiah. He said,
"Let us meet in the house of
God, inside the temple, and
let us close the temple doors,
because men are coming to
kill you--by night they are
coming to kill you."

29. NEHEMIAH 6:11-12
11 But I said, "Should a man
like me run away? Or should
one like me go into the
temple to save his life? I will
not go!“ 12 I realized that
God had not sent him.

30. NEHEMIAH 6:13
13 He had been hired to
intimidate me so that I
would commit a sin by
doing this, and then they
would give me a bad name
to discredit me.

31. Geshem –
Deception

32. NEHEMIAH 6:6-8
6 In which was written: "It is
reported among the nations--
and Geshem says it is true--that
you and the Jews are plotting
to revolt, and therefore you are
building the wall. Moreover,
according to these reports you
are about to become their king

33. NEHEMIAH 6:6-8
7 and have even appointed
prophets to make this
proclamation about you in
Jerusalem: 'There is a king in
Judah!' Now this report will
get back to the king; so come,
let us confer together."

34. NEHEMIAH 6:6-8
8 I sent him this reply:
"Nothing like what you are
saying is happening; you
are just making it up out of
your head."

35. DISCOURAGE YOU
FROM THE INSIDE

36. NEHEMIAH 4:10
10 Meanwhile, the people in
Judah said, "The strength
of the laborers is giving
out, and there is so much
rubble that we cannot
rebuild the wall."

37. DEFEATING
DISCOURAGEMENT

38. NEHEMIAH 4:14
14 After I looked things over,
I stood up and said to the
nobles, the officials and the
rest of the people,
"Don't be afraid of them.

39. NEHEMIAH 4:14
Remember the Lord, who is
great and awesome, and
fight for your brothers, your
sons and your daughters,
your wives and your
homes."

40. DEFEATING
DISCOURAGEMENT:
REMEMBER
THE LORD.

41. NEHEMIAH 4:14
… ”Don’t be afraid of
them. Remember the Lord,
who is great and awesome.

42. DEFEATING
DISCOURAGEMENT:
FIGHT FOR
YOUR CAUSE.

43. NEHEMIAH 4:14
… and fight for your
brothers, your sons and
your daughters, your
wives and your homes."

44. 2 CORINTHIANS 7:5
5 For, when we were come
into Macedonia, our flesh
had no rest, but we were
troubled on every side;
without were fightings,
within were fears.